Christmas tree ornament and method of making the same



NOV. 6, 1934:. P, Z ET AL 1,979,887

CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Dec. 20,1933 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PhilipKranz and Albert P.

Schmid, Philadelphia,

Pa., assignors to Bernard Wilmsen, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application December 20, 1933, Serial No. 703,200

2 Claims.

Our invention relates to a new and useful Christmas tree ornament andthe method of making the same and it relates more particularly to anornamental bell which is very attractive and inexpensive to manufacture.

Our invention further relates to an ornament of this character whichwhen suspended on a Christmas tree, or the like, and subjected to lightwill produce a lustrous effect and will reflect and refract the lightboth internally and externally in various directions greatly to enhanceits ornamental offect.

To the above ends, our invention consists of a bell having a body orcore struck up or formed of any desired base, flexible, form-retainingmaterial, a relatively smooth inner lining of tin foil or other materialhaving a metallic sheen or luster, and a relatively roughened outercovering of the same or other foil or material having the desired sheenor luster, with or without any desired color variations.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of the core or body portion of a bellembodying my invention illustrating the first step in the manufacture ofthe bell.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of a completed bell, certain partsbeing broken away to show the internal construction.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, the bell is constructed from an originallyflat sheet of straw-board or other flexible, formable, form-retainingsheet material which is formed or pressed into the desired shape bymeans of suitable male and female dies, the forming of the flat sheetinto the bell shape resulting in slight overlaps or cleats, clearlyshown in Fig. 1. A suitable handle 2 is secured to the upper portion ofthe bell for suspension from a twig of a Christmas tree or othersupport. With the core 3 of the bell formed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 asheet of any desired tin foil 4 is applied to the inside of the bell 3completely to cover the internal surface thereof, said tin foil whenpressed against the inside of the bell being relatively smooth exceptfor showing the creases 5 resulting from the cleating or overlapping ofthe material during formation of the bell, as best shown in Figs. 3 and4. To the outer surface of the bell 3 is applied another sheet of tinfoil 6 which is deliberately roughened as at '7 to produce high and lowspots and projections of irregular shapes, so that the light shed on thebell from the light bulb on the tree will be reflected and refractedfrom the roughened surface in all directions, thus producing a veryvivid effect and resulting in a beautiful display of the broken light.The internal surface of the bell reflects the light also with a certainamount of irregularity and refraction but not to the same extent as therefraction produced by the highly roughened external surface 7 of thebell. The inner and outer tin foil sheets 5 and 6 are pref- 5 erablypressed on to the inner and outer surfaces of the bell core 3 either byhand or by any suitable machinery, it being also understood that sheetmaterial from which the core bell 3 is made could be covered on both ofits surfaces with the desired tin foil, and then theentire assembly canbe formed into the shape of a bell by a single operation by means of asuitably formed male and female die. The lustrous sheets 5 and 6 may bemade of metal foil or any other sheet material sufiiciently thin andflexible and having the desired sheen or luster and may be plain or mayhave a variegated eifect.

We claim:

1. An ornamental bell for Christmas trees, and the like, comprising acore struck up from a flexible, non-metallic form-retaining flat sheetmaterial, a smooth facing of lustrous thin sheet material for the innersurface of said bell, and a facing of thin, flexible, lustrous sheetmaterial covering the outer surface of said bell and being of anirregularly roughened surface to reflect and refract the light shedthereon.

2. The method of making an ornamental bell for a Christmas tree, or thelike, which consists in striking up a flexible, form-retaining sheetmaterial into the form of a bell, covering the inner surface of saidbell with a lustrous relatively smooth thin sheet material, and coveringthe outer surface of said bell with a lustrous irregularly roughenedsheet material.

PHILIP KRANZ. ALBERT P. SCHMID.

